I agree with everything you said, I'm not saying that the gap between Rose and Westbrook is a large sizeable one. But there is one, and it's obvious who you would honestly pick if you were starting a team. There for they are not even by no stretch.

If I were starting a team today, I'd pick rose based off his fast he's been growing, gambling on his potential. & because westbrook has the luxury of a top 8 player by his side and yet doesn't seem to be able to consistently use that to his advantage to elevate his and his teammates overall game. Although I definitely am biased to a degree towards his defense.

But not in terms of starting a franchise, or an addition to a team or anything like that, a thunder vs bulls head to head 7 game series, I feel that statistically they would ultimately cancel each other out. Rose might have 1 or 2 better games than him because he has the green light.